Welcome To The Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment Center (OPEN)
Who► [ TEST SUBJECTS ] and associated Aperture Science Personnel.
What► Due to a generous grant from the SHODAN ADMINISTRATIVE FOUNDATION, beta testing of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device may continue.
Where► A section of R07, exact coordinates require administrative clearance to acquire. If you do not have clearance too bad
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What► Due to a generous grant from the SHODAN ADMINISTRATIVE FOUNDATION, beta testing of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device may continue.
Where► A section of R07, exact coordinates require administrative clearance to acquire. If you do not have clearance too bad
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The walls, however, are of reinforced steel, several inches thick and seem to be coated with a polymer that dampens communications ability. There are locations where communication to the outside is possible, but they are difficult to locate.]
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Well, if not Zaeed specifically, then anyone, really. So often the station was just a series of boring empty days punctuated only by the various bouts of infighting on the network. Things were actually happening again, which was as much a relief as anything could be, and it would take a great deal to keep her from arbitrarily shooting people. The hallucinations were persistent, but Motoko had been gracefully fending off false realities and brain-hacks since she was fourteen, and this was no different. What really bothered her were the little wisps of shadow that flickered in the corner of her eyes, but were never there when she looked at them directly ( ... )
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The voice was coming from the ceiling, though where exactly was a solid question. There didn't seem to be any speakers.
"Though brief, we hope your stay in the Aperture Science Relaxation and Detainment Vault was a pleasant one." The voice was feminine and fairly cheerful. "If you wwill note the object on your aaaaarm, an Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device we may begin instructional procedures and then TESTING."
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Alright, she'll bite; without preamble Motoko aimed the weapon (was it a weapon?) at the far wall and pulled a trigger. Blue. Well, that was different.
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Inside the chamber are many things, but they all look fairly innocuous. Above you are GLaDOS's cameras, just watching.
Waiting.
When the doors open, the test will begin.]
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She tries to teleport out, but finds that... she can't. Just plain can't. No explanation, just like there's no explanation for this room.
And all at once, Arkady's glaring, eyes and pretty much all of her glowing a bright purple, and everything not securely bolted down (and some things that are) is suddenly flying all the fuck over, bashing into walls and such like an impromptu hurricane.
But somehow, the room seems to be surviving thoroughly intact, and Arkady's fury dies down as she begins to feel much too ineffective for her liking.
Step 1: Escape. Failure. Step 2: Break everything. Also failure.
Step 3?
She peeeeeers at the camera, the only thing that appears to be moving.]
...Hello there?
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As GLaDOS spoke, the walls in the room shifted. Apparently all of the plates were hooked to moving arms. As they shifted, the damage from the earlier outburst was replaced and the surface of the room was left immaculate. Can't fire a portal onto an uneven surface, after all, that would be madness. The cameras and turrets, however, had all been off-lined.
It was a setback, but not a particularly terrible one.
"The following [ TEST CHAMBER ] will challenge you to utilize the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device in order to progress."
Though the turrets were gone, there was a healthy amount of putrid looking, green water, crackling with the hum of electricity, and several of the wall plates had been replaced with heavy metal spikes. It did not appear to be a cheerful room.
"The following Testing Encouragement Elements have been added in order to augment the experience: an ( ... )
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[And she steps out of the elevator, realizing meanwhile:] I can't hear the screaming in here. [She means the Marker. But oh look, the walls are closing in.
Her eyes dart from wall to wall, then from the edge in front of her to the edge she's meant to reach, much too far to jump.]
No fair. I can't teleport here!
[But wait, there's this random contraption on her arm...
She waves it around a little, then pokes and prods at it. That usually seems to work with the bracelet things.] I don't know how to work these things, I haven't even seen any in a long long time.
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Well it doesn't matter. This is off limits.
The exterior of the shifting white walls and professional veneer is a construction site littered with drones and spare parts. It's generally very creepy and void of all life. Near the farthest end of the course is GLaDOS, hooked into the system, but you probably don't know that.
You communications work out here, though, and your Portal Gun is no longer vice-gripping your arm.]
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